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Furniture and scales.
100 00
Woodland at Linebrook
100 00
Commonfields 65 00
Turkey-shore Pasture. .
100 00
Gravel pit and powder house
100 00
in Scott's Lane
100 00
66 by grammar school house
100 00
66 by John Carlisle's.
150 00
66
by Hayfield's Bridge ..
25 00
66
by Sylvester Goodwin's
125 00
Candlewood.
50 00
800 00
Pounds
100 00
J. H. Lord's note
25 00
35,970 06
Respectfully submitted.
RICHARD T. DODGE, Selectmen THOMAS H. LORD, of
AARON F. BROWN, swich.
Ipswich, March 1, 1869.
Hayscales
16
To either of the Constables of the Town of Ipswich.
GREETING.
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby re- quired to notify and warn the legal voters of said town to meet at the Town House on Wednesday, the tenth day of March current, at 9 o'clock, A. M., for the following purposes, viz :
ART. 1. To choose a Moderator.
ART. 2 To choose all necessary Town Officers for the ensuing year, and grant such pay for their services as the town thinks proper.
ART. 3. To hear and act on the reports of Committees.
ART. 4. To raise money for the support of the High and Common Schools and determine the manner of apportioning the same.
ART 5. To raise money to repair the higways and determine the manner of apportioning the same.
ART 6. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray all town charges for the ensuing ycar.
ART. 7. To sce what compensation shall be allowed the enginemen, the ensuing year.
ART. 8. To see what discount, if any, shall be allowed to those persons who pay their taxes before the prescribed time of payment.
ART. 9. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer to hire money in anticipation of taxes.
ART. 10. To see if the town will authorize the Prudential Committees to contract with the teachers in the several school districts.
ART. 11. To grant such sums of money to be raised upon the polls and estates within the town, for the purpose of defraying the debts of the town, and for the expenses of the current year, as may be decmed necessary, and make all need- ful regulations and allowances respecting the same.
ART. 12. To sec if the town will accept the list of jurors, as prepared and posted up by the Selectmen.
ART. 13. To see what action the town will take in regard to preventing the taking of clams from the flats, from the first day of June to the first day of November.
ART. 14. To see what action the town will take in relation to building reser- voirs for water in case of fire.
ART. 15. To sce if the town will abolish the school district system.
ART. 16. To see if the town will defray the expenses of placing buoys in the river to inark the channel.
ART. 17. To see what action the town will take in relation to widening South Market Street as ordered by the County Commissioners.
ART. 18. To see what action the town will take in relation to widening and rebuilding Mile Lane (so called) as ordered by the County Commissioners, and to raise money for that purpose.
ART. 19. To see what action the town will take in relation to raising the causeway leading to the beach above the tide water and to raise money for that purpose.
ART. 20. To see if the town will purchase the site of Coburn's Block, (60 called. )
ART. 21. To see what action, if any, the town will take, in relation to erect- ing a monument to the deceased soldiers.
And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant hy posting up attested copies of the same at cach of the meeting houses, and at the school house in the North District in said town, three days at least before the time of said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant to the Town Clerk, at time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this third day of March, A. D. 1869.
RICHARD T. DODGE, Selectmen THOMAS H. LORD, of
AARON F. BROWN, Ipswich.
INVENTORY OF PROPERTY AT THE FARM.
PRODUCE, &C.
1868.
1869.
-- No.
Value.
- Ńo.
Vaiue.
Increase. Decrease.
Corn, .
bush.
170
170 00
190
190 00
20 00
Barley.
18 00
25
37 50
19 50
Beans
12
21 00
12
24 00
Potatoes
150
100 00
150
100 00
Roots
66
30
30 00
18
18 00
12 00
Beef
bls.
2
34 00
13
25 50
8 50
Pork
66
66
4
20 00
4
20 00
Apples
66
2
11 50
14 37
2 87
Ham
lbs.
250
35 00
200
28 00
7 00
Beef ..
66
100
12 00
60
7 20
4 80
Lard.
06
75
10 50
75
10 50
Butter
. . .
16
30
4 50
4 50
English Hay,
ton.
18
360 00
20
400 00
0 00
Salt Hay .....
21
274 00
6
72 00
202 00
Black Grass. .
66
11
132 00
16
192 00
60 00
Corn Fodder ..
66
1
8 00
8 00
Second Crop ..
66
3
45 00
45 00
Thatch ..
3
21 00
9
63 00
42 00
Straw.
2
16 00
12 00
4 00
Wool
lbs.
300
60 00
60 00
1,494 70
1,317 97
192 37
369 10
6
18 00
4
12 00
6 00
Soap
..
100
15 00
70
10 50
4 50
Tallow
. .
90
3.1 20
60
28 40
5 80
Dried Apples
50 00
2.1
45 00
5 00
Cider.
INVENTORY OF PROPERTY AT THE FARM,
-
STOCK, &c ..
1868.
1869
1
No.
Value.
No.
Value.
Increase. Decrease.
Oxen
6
480 00
6
600 00
120 00
Cows.
13
520 00
14
560 00
40 00
Steers
2
75 00
75 00
Yearlings
7
140 00
4
80 00
60 00
Bull.
1
30 00
1
40 00
10 00
Horses
2
250 00
2
250 00
Sheep
30
210 00
14
98 00
Shoats
6
150 00
5
150 00
Fat Hogs
2
90 00
90 00
Fowls.
37
18 50
35
17 50
1 00
Turkeys
1
35 00
1 35 00
Sleigh.
1
20 00
1
20 00
Chaise
1
25 00
1
25 00
Ox Wagon.
2
170 00
2
170 00
Ox Cart ..
2
100 00
2
100 00
Mowing Machine.
1
70 00
1
40 00
Plows
6
65 00
6
65 00
Cultivator
1
5 00
1 5 00
Harrow
1
7 00
1
7 00
Winnow Mill
1
8 00
1
8 00
Ox Sled
1
15 00
1
15 00
Wood, cords
20
140 00
20
140 00
Coal, tons
5
45 00
8
64 00
19 00
Groceries.
33 95
35 00
1 05
Stoves.
6 80 00
6
80 00
Furniture and Bedding
231 00
231 00
Sewing Machine.
....
40 00
40 00
Tools, &c.
150 00
150 00
2,998 45
3,194 50
399 05
203 00
Produce,
1,494 70
1,317 97
192 37
369 10
4,493 15
4,512 47
591 42
572 10
4,493 15
572 10
19 32
19 32
4 00
2
4 00
Horse Wagon.
112 00
30 00
F
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS, EXPENDITURES, &c.
OF THE
TOWN OF IPSWICH,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
MARCH 1, 1870.
BOSTON:
NATHAN SAWYER & SON, PRINTERS,
No. 70 STATE STREET.
1870.
REPORT.
Schools.
Paid I. Lefavour, teaching High School,
$ 864.00
T. B. Ross,
Middle School, 525.75
L. A. Perkins,
66
293.00
A. M. Fellows, "
66
96.00
L. A. Tyler, 66
132.00
P. D. Adams,
North School,
294.00
B. S. Pike, 66
66
112.50
K. M. Kimball, "
187.50
L. R. Worcester,“ M. Wilson,
South School,
425.00
V. C. Hobbs, 66
187.50
J. H. Moulton, 66
184.00
M. C. Perley, 66
66 60.00
L. A. Lamson, 66
Southwest School,
100.00
A. S. Guptill,
47.50
M. B. Kinsman, " South Eight School, 191.00
E. B. Richards, " North North School, 204.60
L. A. Dane, 66
Argilla School,
106.25
E. G. Poor, 66
66
110.00
J. P. Scanks, labor
1.00
E. Cogswell & Son, brooms, etc ..
1.89
A. H. Spiller, sawing wood .
1.40
R. T. Dodge, coal 90.45
Mark Newman, repairs and stoves · 44.81
I. K. Jewett, brooms, buckets, etc. 4.15
. Noyes & Willcomb, hooks, etc. ·
6.34
E. A. Vose, 66
West School, 66 33.00
66.00
4
1
Paid Samuel Conant, wood . $ 16.00
John W. Davis, " .
6.50
F. Willcomb, brooms, etc.
1.50
F. Russell, repairs on house . 4.37
E. R. Lord, making fires,
5.00
G. E. Lord, hauling gravel .
1.50
G. Perley, wood . 21.08
G. Tilton, making fires
5.00
W. G. Brown, coal
88.71
G. H. Baker, repairs on house
7.15
Lewis Wade, sawing wood .
2.50
A. S. Howe, wood
18.50
A. S. Brown,
16.00
J. Marshall, 66
19.90
A. G. Jewett, 66 4.16
19.00
A. Cogswell, sundry bills paid by him, 60.17
G. Prescott, wood 3.50
B. Newman, painting and glazing .
13.54
R. Stone, repairs on house .
5.00
J. L. Hammett, changing books .
50.00
J. Willcomb, sawing wood 3.00
Levi Lord, sawing wood
11.44
Asa Lord, wood . 13.50
A. S. Hills, horse hire . 5.00
Town of Topsfield, schooling children 15.00
- $ 4,786.66
Current Expenses.
Paid M. G. Lord, sawing wood, Town House, $ 11.25 Harrison Smith, care of Lock-up and Town House . 56.75
I. K. Jewett, oil and stationery for Town House 1.92
Mark Newman, oil, lamps, and chimneys, 31.78
Robert Stone, repairs on Town House, 8.25
C. M. Arthur, window for Town House, 2.50 .
Wm. Dawson, setting glass in Town House, 10.00
C. Coburn,
5
Paid Geo. E. Lord, wood for Town House, Joseph N. Caldwell, wood for Town House 4.50
$ 19.00
$ 145.95
Benjamin Newman, painting hay scales, 1.25
W. G. Brown, stones for hay scales, 25.00
Lewis Choate, timber for hay scales, 1.00
27.25
Aaron Cogswell, surveying, and writing deed of gravelpit to Sanford Peatfield, 2.50
Foster Russell, for fence and gate to gravelpit, 13.20
15.70
Nathan Sawyer & Son, printing tax bills and warrants 14.00
Salem Observer, printing school reports of 1868 18.00
Salem Observer, printing and
Town reports .
76.00
Asher Blake, care of town clock . 20.00
Wm. T. Averill, ringing bell 25.00
45.00
Noyes & Willcomb, express 8.05
Willett's Express, blanks and express, 5.65
Willett & Boynton, express
3.65
Moses Graves, distributing reports, 2.00
Abraham Lord, taking census of school children, militia, and dogs 21.00
23.00
Wm. G. Brown, horse hire . 3.00
Barker & Porter, repairs on hearse,
4.75
Geo. K. Prescott, and others, appraising school property 30.00
Wm. Wade, repairs on fence
2.88
Richard T. Dodge, traveling expenses and stationery . 24.00
James W. Watts, traveling expenses and stationery 18.40
A. F. Brown, traveling expenses . 6.00
89.03
108.00
17.35
6
Cemetery.
Paid Benjamin Newman, painting fence,
$ 39.41
S. M. Ross, labor, 1.56 .
Luther Lord,
.
13.25
John W. Lord,
·
21.62
Jacob Scanks,
10.25
Jacob P. Scanks,
6.00
Nathaniel Harris, teaming
38.25
Andrew Russell, labor, .
9.00
Benjamin F. Ellsworth "
2.50
David F. Dow, 66
3.00
T. B. Ross, 66
9.00
T. J. Roberts,
24.25
D. L. Hodgkins, lumber
9.84
Asa Lord, sand paper, etc.
.67
E. Cogswell & Son, sundries
8.75
$ 197.35
Buoys.
Paid Wm. G. Brown, stones
$ 3.50
Benj. H. Smith, ironwork
43.01
Benj. Newman, paint .
3.80
Thomas Jewett, labor .
33.55
John H. Cogswell, lumber
12.00
95.86
$ 764.49
Fire Department.
Paid Five Engineers, at $ 6.25 $ 31.25
Engine Co. No. 1, 48 men, at $ 6.25 300.00 ·
No. 2, 50 men, at $ 5.25 262.50
Hook and Ladder Co., 13 men, at $ 5.50,
71.50 €6525
N. C. Clark, cleaning hose . 7.50
Stephen H. Baker, cleaning hose . 3.75
William Chapman, care of engine 20.00
G. F. Hills, care of engine . 6.00
N. S. Kimball, services as clerk
5.00
707.50
7
Paid John H. Blake, labor on engine
$ 2.00
Moses Spiller,
5.00
J. J. Glazier,
2.50
Willet & Boynton, express 22.10
J. W. Davis, hauling engine 1.50
William Chapman, watching fire . 2.50
R. T. Dodge, coal 5.80
Watts & Blake, refreshments
20.15
J. B. Eagan,
15.00
Bickford & Hollis, lock and keys . 12,50
A. S. Hills, hauling engine, 1867 . 3.00
Herman Strater & Son, copper hose 15.00
Hunneman & Co., repairs on engine 25.50
J. Boyd & Son, hose . 341.70
103.54
Boston Belting Company, suction hose Juckett & Freeman, repairs on engine Robert Stone, repairs .
20.46
1.50
S. G. Cheever, repairs on hose
18.75
B. H. Smith, repairs
5.00
George Barker, repairs
3.59
George W. Baker, repairs on house 2.00
Asa Lord, oil, etc.
1.81
Benj. Newman, painting and glazing, 4.62
F. Mitchell, rent .
10.00
Josiah Stackpole, oil for hose
5.00
Mark Newman, copper tacks, charcoal. tools, etc. 2.50
22.12
$ 1.360.52
Fees and Salaries.
Paid Aaron Cogswell. School Committee. $ 33.75
John R. Baker,
34.50
John Q. Peabody,
30.00
98.25
E. G. Hull, notifying meetings, and
police services .
·
·
. 43.00
$ 9.50
82.55
241>0
$60.24
538.85
8
Paid Thomas L. Jewett, police services $ 1.50 Nathaniel Shatswell, notifying meetings, and police services 4.00
T. B. Ross, notifying meetings, and police services . 64.00
J. W. Watts, notifying meetings 5.00
Harrison Smith, police services 5.00
Joseph Spiller, police services 2.12
John E. Milton, 10.25
Daniel Clarke, returns of deaths 3.10
Wm. T. Averill, 66 1.80
W. Stevens,
1.20
Y. G. Hurd,
.
.70
David F. Dow,
66
.20
Wesley K. Bell, returns of births, mar- riages and deaths 41.00
Wesley K. Bell, salary as Clerk 25.00
73.00
George Haskell, services on Chelsea Bridge, etc. 100.00
Charles A. Sayward, legal advice to Collector . 10.00
110.00
R. T. Dodge, Assessor, Selectman, and Overseer .
100.00
T. H. Lord, Assessor, Selectman, and Overseer . 100.00
A. F. Brown, Assessor, Selectman, and Overseer . 100.00
R. T. Dodge, assessing school tax, and copying valuation book 25.00
T. H. Lord, assessing school tax, and copying valuation book 25.00
A. F. Brown, assessing school tax, and copying valuation book 25.00
375.00
J. W. Watts, Collector 300.00
J. W. Watts, collecting school tax . 50.00
350.00
$ 1,141.12
$ 134.87
9
Highways and Bridges.
Paid J. H. Wiley, gravel .
$ 3.90
Joseph Horton, "
7.30
Hannah S. Lord, " ·
15.00
A. S. Brown, 66
.
9.37
Henry Wilson, 66
8.70
Albert Tenney, labor
2.70
Thomas Burns, labor
2.50
Thomas Wildes,
11.25
Daniel O. Collins, "
1.08
John Spiller, 66
1.46
Joel Tibbetts, 66
1.08
Daniel S. Russell, pathing snow 10.50
David Story,
19.32
Emerson Howe,
3.00
W. P. Ross,
8.00
W. B. Kinsman,
66
3.86
Joseph Dunn, 66
.99
J. T. Butler, 66
3.78
J. P. Scanks,
4.59
J. J. Gould, 66
30.00
N. C. Perkins, 66
16.00
A. P. Clark,
66
6.50
Erastus Clark, Jr., labor with team, 24.15
Oliver Underhill, labor on bridge,
24.25
James Griffing, 66
21.00
George Russell, 66
.
9.00
D. G. Chapman, 66
16.00
Phinehas D. Scott, 66
1.54
David Berry, 66
7.50
Foster Russell, repairs on railing
4.12
John Pingree, labor on drain
20.00
N. C. Perkins,
2.50
J. H. Burnham, stones ·
3.00
2
$ 44.27
20.07
106.54
103.44
10
Paid Eastern Railroad, sleepers
· $ 8.50
D. L. Hodgkins, lumber
19.32
J. H. Cogswell, 66
49.93
Asa Lord, nails
.96
John Pingree, labor on bridge
2.50
W. P. Ross, teaming
6.50
Melzard Poor, sharpening drills . .65
$ 117.98
Beach Causeway.
Paid Ipswich Mills, hoop iron
$ 1.56
I. K. Jewett, nails
1.14
Perley B. Lakeman, labor
8.25
Aaron Kinsman,
23.25
John Low,
66
26.00
Charles Smith,
66
18.34
Aaron F. Brown,
66
13.00
Manasseh Brown,
66
100.00
Thomas Brown,
66
15.50
Geo. Woodbury,
20.50
Joseph Marshall,
9.37
John A. Burnham,
66
17.00
Clarance Coburn,
5.62
W. P. Ross, teaming sleepers
4.00
David Story, labor
18.50
Alvin Story,
15.52
Alden Story,
6.00
Wm. Seward, "
8.00
Edward Brown,“
8.75
343.17
Mile Lane.
Paid David Berry,
labor
$ 32.00
Patrick Ready,
·
6.00
Nathan Jewett, Jr.,
66
23.00
William Lakeman,
66
.
9.00
Daniel O. Collins,
66
.
.
8.75
.
21.87
Asa P. Stone,
11
Paid David Russell,
labor
$ 1.00
Thomas D. Gould,
66
11.00
John H. Baker,
66
2.00
Geo. Russell, Jr.
66
5.00
Andrew Russell,
66
8.25
John D. Harris,
66
2.50
John Lummus,
66
3.50
N. C. Perkins,
66
27.50
John Lane,
60
11.00
D.W.Kimball,
66
19.00
G. T. Lord,
66
13.12
Asa Lord, 2d,
66
53.00
Geo. E. Lord,
66
18.00
Nath'l Caldwell,
66
37.50
W. P. Ross,
66
27.50
Isaac Kimball,
17.00
Josiah Lord,
66
64.25
Joel Tibbetts,
66
16.00
John Rutherford,
66
22.00
D. G. Chapman,
66
2.00
James H. Wiley, gravel
13.26
L. C. Pickard, 66
·
12.00
W. & B. H. Smith, sharpening picks
4.02
469.15
$ 1,204.63
Poor.
Paid Estate of A. H. Bond, house rent
$ 39.00
E. Bradley,
66
45.00
Oliver Underhill,
66
20.00
Mrs. John Hovey,
66
16.00
S. Coburn,
66
12.00
M. Dodge,
66
12.00
Heirs of Amos Jones,
66
12.00
Ipswich Mills, partial supplies
3.40
Watts & Blake,
66
9.00
F. Willcomb,
66
68.00
T. E. Condon,
66
.
2.00
.
.
·
.
.
$ 156.00
·
.
0
12
Paid I. K. Jewett, partial supplies
$ 18.00
Town of Gloucester, "
90.35
City of Salem, 66
·
3.80
City of Newburyport, "
·
City of Lynn, 66
·
2.00
A. S. Hills, 66
.
.
$ 626.40
R. T. Dodge, coal
38.19
William G. Brown, coal
154.05
D. T. Perley, wood
67.13
J. Kimball, 66
19.00
A. P. Ross, teaming wood
24.92
Nathaniel Goodhue, piling and measur-
5.00
ing wood .
36.00
Lewis Dickinson, wood
.
.
22.22
Joseph N. Caldwell
366.51
Robert Stone, repairs on wood-house
2.50
Asa Lord, nails for 66 .80. ·
5.50
D. L. Hodgkins, lumber for “
8.80
. J. B. Eagan, board for poor travellers . 17.75
Worcester Lunatic Asylum, board of J.
L. Akerman and M. Graves 479.51
W. Johnston, board of Mrs. Beckett's children 15.50
H. S. Phillips, expenses for Mrs. Porter 12.60
County of Essex, board of S. Foster 16.29
G. C. Davis, Treasurer of State Reform School at Westborough 4.14
Eastern Railroad, tickets to poor travellers 7.30
Farm, board of seventy-eight 66 58.50
Charles Palmer, medical attendance 30.00
24.00
Farm, teaming wood
665.59
$ 1,823.30
.
135.50
Manning Dodge, 66
193.85 ·
100.50
13
CR.
By cash received from Newburyport · $ 35.50
66
Salem
15.50
66 66 Rockport
55.62
By amount due from Haverhill
45.00
Westford .
34.95
of wood on hand .
144.00
330.57
$ 1,492.73
Farm.
Paid B. D. Appleton, salary .
. . $ 450.00
Isaac Lord, labor
236.00
A. T. Guilford, labor
. 90.00
Nathan Jewett, boat and labor . 13.50
Charles Littlefield, 66 200.00 .
$ 989.50
F. Willcomb, dry goods, groceries, etc.
111.84
T. E. Condon, 66 123.43
I. K. Jewett, tools and groceries
85.14
Curtis Damon, 52.70
S. N. Baker, clothing .
.
16.87
Josiah A. Stackpole, soap
3.40
E. Cogswell & Son, dry goods and groceries 187.93 Asa Lord, dry goods and groceries 231.16
Watts & Blake, 59.71
J. F. Clothey & Co., dry goods
8.47
Benjamin Newman, paint ·
2.83
C. P. Preston, potatoes
·
·
7.18
Wm. G. Brown, ice
15.00 ·
C. P. Preston, mowing machine
109.00
R. T. Dodge, coal ·
. 132.03
J. Martin, two pairs oxen .
· 377.00
. F. Mitchell, harness . 15.00
E. P. Davenport, painting and glazing 36.37
Mark Newman, ware and repairs . · 24.03
880.65
658.04
14
Paid Foster Russell, repairs on building
$ 9.40
John Hodgkins, 66
24.00
Geo. Russell,
19.36
J. H. Cogswell, lumber
3.30
D. L. Hodgkins, lime .
$ 118.36
1.25
Melzard Poor, blacksmithing
13.05
W. & B. H. Smith "
.
56.85
C. H. Chapman, 66
71.15
Isaac Flitner, medical attendance .
7.50
Andrew Geyer, medicine
37.50
14.50
W. H. Tozer, shoes .
.
11.75
Geo. W. Ellis, shoes, 1868-69
8.60
N. R. Wait,
34.85
$ 2,790.05
Bills paid by superintendent .
240.59
Balance, being income beyond expense .
$ 3,468.45
CR.
By Sales from Farm,
. $ 1,371.12
1
English hay .
175.10
Salt hay and thatch .
12.75
Potatoes
134.76
Calves .
140.00
Pigs
.
40.00
Sheep
19.87
Poultry
49.40
Eggs
115.10
Butter
49.14
Pork
4.82
Milk
19.17
Hides
8.00
Mulch
2.28
Cabbages
30.00
·
.
437.81
.
1.90
15
Barley
$ 17.20
Cow
40.00
Oxen
785.00
Mowing machine
30.00
Pop corn .
14.36
Salt Grass
9.00
Pasturing
40.00
Teaming 12 cords of wood
24.00
66 wood for J. Ross
16.75
Hamilton, board of M. Patch
156.00
Board of 78 poor travellers
58.50
Increase of personal property
136.13
$ 3,468.45
The number of Paupers at the Almshouse is eighteen ; the average number for the past year was eighteen.
The average cost of supporting them, by the usual method of computation, is sixty-four cents per week.
Expenses and Income for the Year 1869.
EXPENSES.
Amount paid for Current Expenses
$ 764.49
66
Fire Department
1,360.52
66
Fees and Salaries
1,141.12
66
66 Highways and Bridges
1,204.62
66
66
Poor
1,492.73
66
66
Interest .
2,055.00
66
Abatements to J. W. Watts
360.56
66
66
Abatements to J. Spiller .
69.20
66
66 Discount
570.69
60
paid to State, one-half commissions on sale of liquor, 1868 and 1869 30.23
Amount paid to credit on the school property
6,241.84
Balance, being income beyond expenses
.
4,643.57
$ 24,721.23
66 Schools .
4,786.66
16
INCOME.
Amount raised for Current Expenses
. $16,348.19
of income of Town House .
100.50
66 Town Scales . 147.74
66
66 Turkey-shore Pasture 8.75
77.00
received of County Treasurer, for licenses of dogs
129.13
of commissions on sale of liquor . ·
22.59
66
of State Corporation tax 596.03
66 of unworked Highway tax of 1868 189.48
66
of Non-resident Highway taxes of 1869
150.47
66 of balances of the North and Middle District School tax of 1868 . 175.34
66 of cash from South District . 163.08
66 of cash paid in by J. Spiller, Collector
22.21
66 of licenses of Concerts 18.00
66
assessed for the school property 6,332.13
66 of income of Farm 240.59
$ 24,721.23
Joseph Spiller, Collector.
DR.
To Uncollected Taxes, 1868 . $ 91.41
CR.
By Cash paid to J. W. Watts, Treasurer $ 22.21
Abatements
69.20
91.41
James W. Watts, Treasurer and Collector.
DR.
To Cash on hand . $ 3,001.09
Uncollected Taxes 309.53
State Tax committed to him
·
4,175.00
County Tax
· 1,753.30
Town Tax 66
15,400.00
.
66 of licenses of dogs
17
To Additions and overlayings .
$ 948.19
Unworked Highway Taxes of 1868
189.48
Highway Taxes of Non-Residents
150.47
Special School Tax
6,332.13
Discount on County Tax
17.53
Commonwealth School Fund
199.20
66 Corporation Tax
596.03
Reimbursement of State Aid
3,846.67
Income of Town House
100.50
66 66 Scales
147.74
Rent of Turkey-shore Pasture
8.75
Dog Licenses
77.00
County Treasurer for Dog Licenses
129.13
Cash from sales from Farm
2,655.15
Money hired on Town Notes
.
3,200.00
Cash from Newburyport, poor account
72.55
66
Salem, 66 66
15.50
66
Rockport, 66 66
108.62
66
Hamilton, farm account
192.00
66 J. B. Eagan, commis. on sale of liquor
14.64
66
A. Geyer, 66 66
4.95
66
M. D. Smith, 66 66
66
3.00
66
Joseph Spiller, Collector, Taxes for '68
22.21
66
Ira Worcester, farm account
27.75
66
Sanford Pettfield, for land .
25.00
66
Concert Licenses
18.00
66
Sale of Ladder Box
3.00
Middle District School Tax for 1868
103.97
66 North 66
66
71.37
66 South 66 66
66
163.08
66
S. Dane, farm account
.
16.00
66
J. T. Shurburne, highway account
6.00
$ 44,104.53
3
18
James W. Watts, Treasurer and Collector.
CR.
By orders drawn by the Selectmen . . .
State Aid 3,885.25
Abatements
360.56
Discount on Taxes
570.69
Principal paid on Town Notes
6,925.00
Interest
2,055.00
State Tax
4,175.00
County Tax
1,753.30
Credit on special School Tax
6,241.84
Abatements made on the North & Middle School
Tax .
7.56
¿ commissions on sales of Liquor in 1868 and 1869, paid to State
30.23
Uncollected Taxes
158.93
Cash on hand
.
4,152.60
$ 44,104.53
Town of Ipswich, in balance of all accounts.
DR.
To Notes payable . $ 26,995.00
Schools, undrawn balances .
1,383.91
Interest due and not paid
· 134.00
Balance in favor of Town
. 14,025.17
$ 42,538.08
CR.
By Cash balance in hands of the Treasurer . $ 4,152.60
Uncollected Taxes 158.93
Amount due from State. State Aid and pauper acc't 4,448.75
66
Westford 47.45
Haverhill
·
66 45.00
Episcopal Society .
.
31.00
. $ 13,788.57
19
By Amount due from State. Edward Saunders . $ 4.75
Farm
. 16,000.00
Personal property at Farm .
4,648.60
Engines, apparatus, and houses
. 3,000.00
Town House and safes
2,350.00
Furniture and scales .
100.00
Woodland at Linebrook
100.00
66 Common fields
65.00
Turkey-shore pasture .
100.00
Gravelpit and powder house
100.00
66 Scott's Lane
100.00
66 Grammar schoolhouse
100.00
66
Ira Carlisle
150.00
66
Hayfields' Bridge
25.00
66
S. Goodwin's
125.00
66 Candlewood
50.00
Middle school house
1,900.00
North 66
1,200.00
South 66
1,740.00
West
66
165.00
South West 66
150.00
South Eight "
140.00
North North "
250.00
Argilla 66
175.00
J. H. Lord's note
16.00
$ 42,538.08
Amount of the Town's indebtedness March 1, 1865, $ 54,720.00 66 66 66 March 1, 1870, 26,995.00
Amount of debt paid
$ 27,725.00
Hay scales .
800.00
Pounds
100.00
20
Police Report.
Number of persons committed to the Lock-up for drunkenness
9
Number of persons arrested for violation of Sunday Law ·
6
Arrested for petit larceny
3
Total
18
Number of hours Force on duty
3133
Whole number of Police Force
7
Amount paid .
$ 78.37
T. B. ROSS,
IPSWICH, March 1st, 1870.
Chief of Police.
Respectfully submitted,
RICHARD T. DODGE, Selectmen THOMAS H. LORD, of
AARON F. BROWN, Ipswich.
IPSWICH, March 1st, 1870.
21
Inventory of Property at the Farm.
PRODUCE, &c.
1869.
1870.
No.
Value.
No.
Value.
Increase.
Decrease. $ 15.00
Barley, 66
25
37.50
70
77.00
$ 39.50
Beans,
12
24.00
14
28.00
4.00
Potatoes, "
150
100.00
300
150.00
50.00
Roots, 66
18
18.00
40
40.00
22.00
Beef, barrels,
1₺
25.50
1
17.00
8.50
Pork,
24
45.00
23
50.00
5.00
Cider,
4
20.00
2
10.00
10.00
Apples, "
4
12.00
12.00
Soap,
66
23
14.37
4
16.00
1.63
Hams, lbs.
200
28.00
200
28.00
Beef, fresh, lbs.
60
7.20
40
4.80
2.40
Lard,
66
70
10.50
90
13.50
3.00
Tallow,
75
10.50
50
7.00
3.50
Butter,
66
66
28.40
80
32.00
3.60
Dried Apples,“
22
3.30
3.30
English Hay, tons,
20
400.00
19
380.00
20.00
" market; tons,
2
52.00
52.00
Salt Hay & Black Grass, tons,
22
264.00
30
360.00
96.00
Salt Hay, market, tons, .
7
98.00
98.00
Corn Fodder, tons,
1
8.00
2
16.00
8.00
Thatch,
66
9
63.00
12
84.00
21.00
Straw,
66
13
12.00
25
20.00
8.00
Wool, lbs.
60
15.00
15.00
Pickles,
2.00
2.00
.
$ 1,317.97
$1,678.60
$ 432.03
$ 71.40
---
Corn, bushels,
190
$ 190.00
175 $ 175.00
22
Inventory of Property at the Farm.
STOCK, &c.
1869.
1870.
No. Value.
No.
Value.
Increase.
Decrease. $ 200.00
Oxen,
6 $ 600.00
4 $ 400.00
Cows,
14
560.00
14
560.00
Steers,
2
75.00
2
100.00
$ 25.00
Yearlings, .
4 80.00
80.00
Bull,
1
40.00
2
70.00
30.00
Horses,
2
250.00
2
250.00
Sheep,
14
98.00
11
77.00
21.00
Shoats,
5
150.00
5
150.00
Fat Hogs,
2
90.00
1
45.00
45.00
Fawls,
35
17.50
40
20.00
2.50
Turkeys,
2
4.00
4
8.00
4.00
Horse Wagon,
1
35.00
1 35.00
Sleigh,
1
20.00
1
20.00
Chaise,
1
25.00
1
25.00
Ox Wagon,
2
170.00
2
170.00
Ox Cart,
2
100.00
2
100.00
Mowing Machine and Har-
ness,
1
40.00
1
124.00
84.00
Ploughs,
6
65.00
6 65.00
Cultivator,
1
5.00
1 5.00
Harrow,
1
7.00
1 7.00
Winnow Mill, .
1
8.00
1 8.00
Ox Sled,
1
15.00
1
15.00
Wood, cords,
20
140.00
20
140.00
Coal, tons, .
8
64.00
5 40.00
24.00
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